July 25, 1999 _ View of Rainier through Trees Bill Climbing the Muir Snowfield Bill and Dave at Camp Muir Bill Boarding beneath Rainier Bill Boarding below the Icefall Dave Carves a Turn below Rainier Dave Boarding the Waterfall April 8, 2000 _ View of Adams and St Helens Rainier from Glacier Vista Matt Climbing Muir Snowfield Amar and Matt at Camp Muir Matt Boarding Muir Snowfield Matt Carving a Turn Muir Snowfield Panorama December 3, 2000 _ Matt and Micah Skiing Up Adams with Lenticulars & Sun Dog The Circum-Zenithal Arc!!! Rainier Lenticular Clouds Panorama Adams with Sunset Glow Matt Boarding at Dusk Micah Skiing into the Sunset

This trip in April 2000 was the first time backcountry snowboarding for Matt Swallows, another grad student from my lab (and an esteemed Harvard alumnus). That's him hoofing it up the slopes through my ski track, just beyond Alta Vista above the Paradise parking lot. The nearby mountain range in back is the Tatoosh Range, with the snowy masses of Mount Adams (left) and Mount Saint Helens (right) visible beyond the Tatoosh in the distance.